Information technology and open innovation: A strategic alignment perspective

Information and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 348-358

  Cui, Tingru ^a   Ye, Hua ^b   Teo, Hock Hai ^c   Li, Jizhen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Innovation radicalness; Innovation volume; IT alignment; IT flexibility; IT integration; Open innovation; Strategic

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

IT ALIGNMENT; IT FLEXIBILITY; IT INTEGRATION; OPEN INNOVATION; STRATEGIC;

SALES;

EID: 84925535226     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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